Finnish Art Agency is happy to announce great news: IC-98’s Abendland has been chosen for Sundance Film Festival 2016. The film will be screened in the New Frontiers Short Film -category. Sundance Institute announced yesterday (08.12.2015) its full lineup of 72 short films that will leave a lasting impact on audiences long after the lights go…
In her new installation, the winner of the Historic category of Sculpture Shock 2015, Hanna Haaslahti will develop a site-specific sculptural intervention for the Ionic Temple in the Gardens of Chiswick House. Haaslahti wants to question the fabric of history and to create strong contrasts between the solidity of the old and the instability of material…
Finnish Art Agency is excited to announce the new collaboration with painter Tiina Pyykkinen (b. 1983). Helsinki-based Pyykkinen takes advantage of a special technique of using alkyd oil on canvas, which allows her to create astonishing shiny surfaces. Thus, the observer needs to experience Pyykkinen’s works by moving past them, acknowledging shifting angles and perspectives. Laying the focus…
Great news for Finnish Art Agency’s artist Camilla Vuorenmaa (b. 1979), who has been accepted to participate in the SÍM Residency programme and will be spending September and October in Reykjavik. The SÍM residency is run by The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, and was founded in 2002. It has been able to expand its capacities…
Finnish Art Agency’s new SHIFT mentoring programme’s application period is now closed. Thanks for everyone who applied for the programme! “It was great to see that many artists from without the capital area of Finland applied. We also got applications from the UK and Sweden which shows that artists from many countries are struggling with…
Elena Näsänen will participate the new Feature Expanded program together with international artists such as Yael Bartana. The chosen 12 artists who participate the program will have workshops, lectures and case studies with leading producers, curators and artistic directors, along with Omar Kholeif (Whitechapel Gallery, Arab UK Film Fest, author of You Are Here: Art After…